With Bringing It All Back Home, he exploded the boundaries, producing an album of boundless imagination and skill.
The History of the Albums – n°256
[I invite you to read my previous reviews on Bob Dylan, you'll find them below, to better understand his life and this one]. Released in 1965, Bringing It All Back Home is one of the emblematic albums of his discography, and not for nothing. Not only is Bringing It All Back Home one of the intermediate albums between two significant periods of his career, the evolution between contemporary Folk and Folk Rock, but on top of that he manages to capture ... read more
Dylan sells his soul to the electric rock devil... half of it at least.
If during “Another Side Of Bob Dylan” Bob changed his lyrical interest to a more personal topic rather than socio political ones, in “Bringing It All Back Home” he changed his musical identity in a move that was as bold as controversial. Nothing would be the same again for him, maybe some things came back later in his catalog for sure but his identity as an artist changed forever.
One of the ... read more
With more listens I appreciate 'Bringing it All Back' a lot more, Dylans lyrics are just as well written, humorous and as out there as they normally are, I've grown to love his voice a lot more too. This album saw Dylan embrace electric guitars a bit more, but this album has both the traditional folk and folk rock sounds, arguably being the most varied early Dylan record. Theres so many songs on this that are just fun as hell to listen to and Dylans words are just interesting to digest. This is ... read more
A very solid project from Dylan where you can tell he’s experimenting with tons of ideas in his transition to heavier rock instrumentation. My primary complaint is that some of these ideas feel kinda underdeveloped lyrically and sonically, specifically in the 1st half, but a pretty damn enjoyable project overall.
This album is a nice change from the past albums he has put out. It isn't amazing, and sometimes gets a bit boring, but I feel like it tries out a few new ideas while still being pretty catchy.
Favorites: Mr. Tambourine Man, Love Minus Zero, She Belongs To Me
Great: Gates of Eden, Subterranean Homesick Blues, Maggie's Farm
Good: Bob Dylan's 115th Dream, Outlaw Blues, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, It's Alright Ma, On the Road Again.
With his first few electric songs he starts this album off with a bang and shows he has no problem adapting to this new sound. What I especially like is that the first half of this album includes short songs with electric guitar and then he returns to his acoustic lengthier folk songs on the latter half of the album. Overall a varied and amazing album.
1 | Subterranean Homesick Blues 2:19 | 96 |
2 | She Belongs to Me 2:49 | 91 |
3 | Maggie's Farm 3:59 | 89 |
4 | Love Minus Zero / No Limit 2:50 | 91 |
5 | Outlaw Blues 3:03 | 86 |
6 | On the Road Again 2:34 | 85 |
7 | Bob Dylan's 115th Dream 6:31 | 93 |
8 | Mr. Tambourine Man 5:26 | 96 |
9 | Gates of Eden 5:42 | 87 |
10 | It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) 7:31 | 93 |
11 | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 4:13 | 93 |